Last ship sunk by a U-boat in WWI (SS Lucia), 1918
George Liberace, violinist, died, 1983
The Radio Corporation of America was created, 1919
Tennessee Ernie Ford, singer, died, 1991
“Hair” opened (Public Theater, New York), 1967
Ritchie and Thompson’s Unix paper, 1973
Albert Einstein, German physicist, arrived in US, 1933
Bessemer steelmaking process patented, 1855
Al Capone, mobster, convicted of income tax evasion, 1931
La Leche League International founded, 1956
British surrendered to Americans at Saratoga New York, 1777
Juan Peron became dictator of Argentina, 1945
San Francisco Bay area earthquake (World Series postponed), 1989
Sir Philip Sidney, writer and soldier, died, 1586
John Reed, writer (“Ten Days That Shook the World”), died, 1920
Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979
US destroyer Kearney was torpedoed by a German submarine off Iceland, 1941
Thomas Carlyle, essayist, married Jane Welsh, 1827